Marina Gandini

Born in 1989, the second of four siblings, Marina grows up on Lake Iseo riding a bike. Her parents, with foresight, repeat to her "school comes first" and she takes them at their word: high grades are only needed to train peacefully.

Dedication is generously rewarded over the years, with four national championships and a permanent presence in the National team. After finishing Scientific High School, at the peak of her athletic career and with a professional contract in hand, Marina decides to abandon cycling and follows her only other love: science.

He moves to Milan, enrolling in Materials Science at the University of Milan Bicocca. Five years later, he graduates before his course, with a thesis carried out under the guidance of Prof. Francesco Meinardi. It is here that he meets Prof. Sergio Brovelli (then still a researcher, just returned to Italy), and witnesses the conversation between the two, which will lead, a few months later, to the first revolutionary study on luminescent solar concentrators, from which Glass To Power will then emerge.

Marina and the two professors' paths diverge for a few years: Marina will obtain, with honors, a PhD in Physics at the laboratories of the Center for NanoScience and Technology of the Italian Institute of Technology at the Polytechnic University of Milan, under the supervision of Dr. Annamaria Petrozza. Her research project focuses on the study of the manipulation of a brand-new material for low-cost photovoltaic solutions, a study that has earned her several publications in prominent international journals.

The passion for applied research is now unquestionable: when the two professors contacted her to join Glass To Power at the beginning of 2018, Marina did not hesitate for a moment. At Glass To Power, she can leverage the knowledge acquired in the field of photovoltaics, and is now responsible for the development and optimization of Glass To Power's technology that converts light into electrical energy.